Labour want fuel duty reduced

[miniman]

Good grief, do these morons have no shame? A decade or so of raping the motorist, and NOW they want to drop the VAT rate down?

[Frankeh]

Hahahaha, what jokers.
12 years of nothing but increases then as soon as they're out of power they say they want it lowered.
Please the crowd.

[MrAdaam]

Convinient tactics and no doubt all BS.

[Republik]

Anyone with any sense can see this is bullst.

[Fittster]

Opposition party say something populist!

[cal72]

Labour

[RVVUNM]

Moron's, Blow yer nose ED and clear your delusioned head.

[sinizter]

fking politicians, they will kiss any suitable arse and say whatever sounds best when it is said - principles be damned.

[zcacogp]

Fully agree about the hypocrisy of Labour. BUT let's bear in mind that when the Con/Lib coalition got into power, one of the first things they did was declare an end to the "war on the motorist". (link here). And, since they have arrived in the seats of power, the cost of motoring seems to have done nothing but shoot up. (OK, so they will claim that soaring insurance costs are beyond their control, which is partly true, but fuel costs and VAT are certainly within their control.)


Oli.

[Skipppy]

Of course they do, smarmy fking s. It was 'two fingers to the motorist' for their 12 years in power.

[tractorguy]

Funny Ed didn't mention this on prime ministers questions today. Wounder why that is?

[MX7]

zcacogp said:

Fully agree about the hypocrisy of Labour. BUT let's bear in mind that when the Con/Lib coalition got into power, one of the first things they did was declare an end to the "war on the motorist". (link here). And, since they have arrived in the seats of power, the cost of motoring seems to have done nothing but shoot up. (OK, so they will claim that soaring insurance costs are beyond their control, which is partly true, but fuel costs and VAT are certainly within their control.)


Oli.

Has Osborne raised the duty? I don't think he has, so it's a bit harsh to point the finger when the rises in fuel are due to external issues.

[The Trig]

What happens if the fuel duty is reduced?

Can anybody work out how much revenue the government make each day from fuel duty on the motorist.
What happens now they want to reduce smoking in the UK, how much does this make.

I know at the beginning of the month my wages go on Mortgage, Bills and then Debts. The rest is for saving or spending.

What does this country spend on, how big must the overdraft be?

[MVDD]

Hooray....fags will be £11.00 a packet under old new Labour!

[Fittster]

MX7 said:

zcacogp said:

Fully agree about the hypocrisy of Labour. BUT let's bear in mind that when the Con/Lib coalition got into power, one of the first things they did was declare an end to the "war on the motorist". (link here). And, since they have arrived in the seats of power, the cost of motoring seems to have done nothing but shoot up. (OK, so they will claim that soaring insurance costs are beyond their control, which is partly true, but fuel costs and VAT are certainly within their control.)


Oli.

Has Osborne raised the duty? I don't think he has, so it's a bit harsh to point the finger when the rises in fuel are due to external issues.

"A 0.76p increase on the 1st January 2011 brought the duty rate for the main road fuels up to 58.95p per litre. This coincided with the 2.5% increase in VAT rate, which is now at record high of 20%."

http://www.petrolprices.com/fuel-tax.html

That quote doesn't mean I support labour, for the record I think all politicians are scum of the highest order

Edited by Fittster on Wednesday 16th March 12:33

[fathomfive]

Which part of the statement is in any way surprising?

If Labour were still in power, the other two parties would be saying the exact same thing.

It's just the politics of opposition at work.

[Zaxxon]

Anyone who would vote for those lying, theiving tts should take their head for a st.

2 faced spineless bds.

Not enough swearwords to describe them.

[MX7]

Fittster said:

"A 0.76p increase on the 1st January 2011 brought the duty rate for the main road fuels up to 58.95p per litre. This coincided with the 2.5% increase in VAT rate, which is now at record high of 20%."

http://www.petrolprices.com/fuel-tax.html

That was agreed in March 2010. I don't know how difficult it would have been to retract it.

[ralphrj]

tractorguy said:

Funny Ed didn't mention this on prime ministers questions today. Wounder why that is?

There is a debate (and vote) on the proposal in the commons after PMQs.

It is a complete waste of time and a deliberate attempt to try and shift the blame for high fuel prices on to the current government.

1. Labour are pushing for VAT to be reduced on fuel because it is the only thing the current government has done since coming to power that has increased the cost of fuel. The recent increases in fuel duty as well as the one due in April were brought in by Labour but deliberately timed to come into force after they left office.

2. Labour aren't proposing to cancel next months increase in fuel duty (that they brought in) because that would be viewed as an acceptance that they were wrong. If they somehow manage to cut VAT on fuel the price would not move as the fuel duty increase is almost exactly the same.

3. It can't be cut anyway as under EU rules member states can only have 3 different VAT rates. The UK already has 0%, 5% and 20%. It is not possible to introduce another rate of 17.5% for fuel.

[The Trig]

Zaxxon said:

Anyone who would vote for those lying, theiving tts should take their head for a st.

2 faced spineless bds.

Not enough swearwords to describe them.

Which? Voter or Elected?